Join the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on HIV & AIDS; Global LGBT+ Rights; and STOPAIDS for a virtual parliamentary event:

HIV and the criminalisation of LGBT+ communities

19th May

3PM BST

via Zoom.

To end AIDS as a public health threat, we need to tackle regressive laws and advance support for community-led interventions. Globally more than 50% of new HIV infections are among key populations and their partners, including transgender people and men who have sex with men. 71 jurisdictions criminalise private, consensual, same-sex sexual activity which is one of the central reasons for why new HIV acquisitions and AIDS related deaths persist.

With the creation of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, there is an opportunity to further cement the UK’s recognised role as a global leader on LGBT+ and HIV rights. But this must be matched with action, particularly in light with the UK hosting the G7 and Equal Rights Coalition.

To mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT), our interactive panel event will bring together leading HIV and LGBT+ community representatives from around the world. Through a panel discussion and Q&A, they’ll be exploring the barriers that LGBT+ communities face from realising their right to health and how parliamentarians and the UK Government can advance the decriminalisation of LGBT+ and HIV.

Chaired by Rt Hon David Mundell MP, panelists included :

Joel Simpson - Managing Director, Guyana's Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD Guyana)
Simran Shaikh, Co-Founder of Rajmala Welfare Society and Director Transgender Health at John Hopkins University School of medicine
Jesse Sperling, Deputy Director, Kaleidoscope Trust
He-Jin Kim, Regional Key Populations Programme Officer, AIDS and Rights Alliance for southern Africa (ARASA)
Saoirse Fitzpatrick, Advocacy Manager, STOPAIDS

To RSVP, please email Anna Robinson on [email protected]